Wichita eagle., 1887-01-30
TIE EAGLE ENDORSED.
The Surrounding Towns Must Boom and
the Santa Fe Must be Treated
Generously.

Generously.
To the Editor of the Eagle.
! / have been amused in the last few days
days in listening to stories told on our
streets Of gigantic schemes inaugurated by
surrounding towns to supercede Wichita
in commercial importance. The position
taken by the EAGLE that the building up OF
the entire Southwest is TO the benefit Of
Wichita is entirely correct. This is point
that many people of this city refuse to ad
NIT. 1t seems to me that any one ought TO
, see that if Wichita is 10 make . city OF
half a million, there must of necessity be a
corresponding improvement in the country
and cities surrounding Wichita. II this
then is correct, the great daily EAGLE is
doing perfectly right in lending her col
umns to boom surrounding towns asd
cities Let her help to boom Eldorado.
Winfield, Wellington, Anthony, kingn,an,
Hutchinson, Newton, Mcpherson, because
the prosperity of these cities are the glory
this grand PLANETARY system. The Peerless
Princess in their midsts, Wichita must OF
necessity go on to greater achievements in
company with these and other surround
ing cities To insure her permanent sue
cess the thunders of Wichita's boom must
send out her electric currents to all these
places 1t is the most ridiculous idea in
the world to suppose, that on the part OF
the real cnterprising men of Wichita there
is any jealousy toward any of these cities.
Now l come down to point where must
condemn Wichita and her people. That is
in the position she is taking in regard to
the S. F. railroad The people of this city
seem to actually think that railroad
is our real enemy. When she makes an
effort to turn trade over her lines it is Ia
Zen as something to injure Wichita. When
it is discovered that road has has not in this
city the finest depot in the state it is con-
sidered that it is on account of her enmity
to Wichita. When she runs branch road
from neighboring town in the effort to hold
her part of the trade Of mnst productive
valley that is an empire of itself, it is taken
as move to head off Wichita and injure
her prospects. Now the managers of the
A, r. & S. F. railroad are not fools: they
know there will be great city somewhere
in this valley, and that it cannot be built on
the line of their road alone, but that ali the
roads of the Southwest must run into it.
This being SO what difference does it
make to them whether that commercial
center is at Wichita or at some other point.
None whatever. Now this city is getting
too big to be acting the baby with the
Santa Fe railroad l have been connected
with the grain trade Of this city for the last
four years and know that the Santa Fe
people have used Wichita just as any
other railroad would have done in her po-
sision. Hex action has no: been determined
in the interest of any other town and
against Wichita. Let this city come up
and use the managers Of the Santa Fe rail
road as great city ought to use the men
who are managing one of the best roads i'll
America and all will be well for us.
When the managersSof that road tell our
people they want Il franchise to build a
fine depot, let not our city council talk of
the little addition laid out by that road, or
the present managers know
nothing of, but let Us come up and meet
the managers Of this road who are our
real friends. as we should meet any other
business men whose interest are identical
with our own. FARMER DOOLITTLE.